Wadsworth, Illinois

History

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Wadsworth has a total area of 9.93 sqmi, of which 9.84 sqmi (or 99.10%) is land and 0.09 sqmi (or 0.90%) is water.

Major streets

• [[Image:I-94.svg|20px]] Tri-State Tollway
• Old US-41
• Russell Road
• Kilbourne Road
• Delany Road
• [[Image:US 41.svg|20px]] Skokie Highway
• [[Image:Illinois 173.svg|20px]] Rosecrans Road
• 21st Street
• Wadsworth Road
• Cashmore Road
• [[Image:Illinois 131.svg|20px]] Green Bay Road
• Dilleys Road

Demographics

|align-fn=center 2010 2020

There were 1,471 households, out of which 18.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.31% were married couples living together, 1.09% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.36% were non-families. 22.98% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.95% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 2.39.

The village's age distribution consisted of 15.9% under the age of 18, 12.1% from 18 to 24, 12.6% from 25 to 44, 38.2% from 45 to 64, and 21.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.5 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $101,307, and the median income for a family was $128,333. Males had a median income of $72,589 versus $40,195 for females. The per capita income for the village was $51,750. About 1.5% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.6% of those under age 18 and 0.0% of those age 65 or over.

Wadsworth is home to the Tempel Farms Lipizzan Horses.

Wadsworth also contains the pyramid house. "The largest 24-karat gold-plated object ever created" is the private home of Jim Onan, a wealthy Armenian garage builder, and his family. The Onans occasionally open the house for tours of the 17000 sqft 6-story structure containing a replica of King Tut's tomb. The walled property also features a triple-pyramid garage, a 64 ft statue of Ramesses II, and a recreation of King Tutankhamun's tomb. In 2018, the pyramid house was severely damaged by fire.

References

References

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
2. {{GNIS. 2400079
3. "Wadsworth village, Illinois".
4. "Wadsworth, Julius. Papers, 1841-1844 | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections".
5. US Census Bureau. "Gazetteer Files".
6. "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". [[US Census Bureau]].
7. "Explore Census Data".
8. "P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Wadsworth village, Illinois".
9. "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Wadsworth village, Illinois".
10. "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Georgetown CDP, Georgia".
11. "Tempel Farms website".
12. [http://atlasobscura.com/place/onans-gold-pyramid-house Atlas Obscura: Onan's Gold Pyramid House]
13. [http://goldpyramid.com/about-gold-pyramid-illinois.html About the Gold Pyramid House].
14. "Owners may demolish Gold Pyramid House damaged in fire, replace it with 'bigger and better' pyramid". Lake County News-Sun.